His Name Is Our Saving Grace
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8 ESV)
Of all the things God's grace has saved me from, the greatest has been from myself.
From my nature.
From my nature.
From my habits.
From my presets.
From my faults.
From my defaults.
It's not that all this is junk to God; He made us as we are, with emotions and nuances and personalities and "quirks"—and what He makes is perfect. But we wade into sin and muddy God's clear waters, and so we need the saving grace of God's name to lift us out of the muck and mire and take us from where we are to where God wants us to be.
The grace of the One and Only saves me from my divided heart.
From my presets.
From my faults.
From my defaults.
It's not that all this is junk to God; He made us as we are, with emotions and nuances and personalities and "quirks"—and what He makes is perfect. But we wade into sin and muddy God's clear waters, and so we need the saving grace of God's name to lift us out of the muck and mire and take us from where we are to where God wants us to be.
The grace of the One and Only saves me from my divided heart.
The grace of the Yahweh-Tsidkenu saves me from my unrighteousness.
The grace of the Spirit of Wisdom saves me from my foolishness.
The grace of the Faithful God saves me from my unfaithfulness.
The grace of the God of Passion saves me from my indifference.
I'm so thankful that, by God's grace, I'm not who I used to be. And I'm so hopeful that, by God's grace, I'm not who I'm going to be.
Oh God, Your name is our saving grace. Help me to make it known.
"You're my helper, my healer,
My blessed redeemer,
My answer, my saving grace."
(From "Worthy Of Your Name;" Passion; songwriters Brenton Brown, Sean Curran, Brett Younker; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcedMbopknM.)
"You're my helper, my healer,
My blessed redeemer,
My answer, my saving grace."
(From "Worthy Of Your Name;" Passion; songwriters Brenton Brown, Sean Curran, Brett Younker; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcedMbopknM.)
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